telperion1
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ADMIN - nominations + temporary accounts
Hey guys,
A few days ago I posted an educational post about the different types of accounts people can have at the meawards.org website. One of the main points was, if you had a temporary account you could vote for stories nominated but you could not nominate stories. (Temporary accounts are mostly for authors who aren't also members of the MEFAwards Yahoo group, and only last a single year.)
Some people reading that announcement were really on their toes, and they noticed that they had temporary accounts and that they *could* nominate stories. That's because we made a mistake when designing the site. Particularly, there wasn't enough communication between two groups of volunteers who work with the MEFAs throughout the year - people like me, who make policy decisions, and people like Aranel, who actually code the website. When Aranel was designing the new website, she didn't realize that temporary accounts shouldn't be allowed to nominate pieces. Understandable, IMO, since policy questions like that are usually my bailiwick. But it led her to make a mistake when programming the site. Temporary accounts were given the ability to nominate pieces, which isn't supposed to be the case.
Several people with temporary accounts have already nominated pieces, and I'm sure several more planned to but haven't gotten around to it. It's not really unfair to take those nominations away in either case, because those participants were only relying on what the website told them. (We do try to make it accurate!) Because of that, the other volunteers and I have decided not to change the mistake for this year.
FOR THIS YEAR ONLY, both temporary and permanent accounts can nominate pieces. Next year things will go back to how they were, where only permanent accounts can nominate fics.
If you have any questions about this change, please don't hesitate to ask!
Elen sila lumenn omentielvo,
Marta
(MEFA Admin.)
A few days ago I posted an educational post about the different types of accounts people can have at the meawards.org website. One of the main points was, if you had a temporary account you could vote for stories nominated but you could not nominate stories. (Temporary accounts are mostly for authors who aren't also members of the MEFAwards Yahoo group, and only last a single year.)
Some people reading that announcement were really on their toes, and they noticed that they had temporary accounts and that they *could* nominate stories. That's because we made a mistake when designing the site. Particularly, there wasn't enough communication between two groups of volunteers who work with the MEFAs throughout the year - people like me, who make policy decisions, and people like Aranel, who actually code the website. When Aranel was designing the new website, she didn't realize that temporary accounts shouldn't be allowed to nominate pieces. Understandable, IMO, since policy questions like that are usually my bailiwick. But it led her to make a mistake when programming the site. Temporary accounts were given the ability to nominate pieces, which isn't supposed to be the case.
Several people with temporary accounts have already nominated pieces, and I'm sure several more planned to but haven't gotten around to it. It's not really unfair to take those nominations away in either case, because those participants were only relying on what the website told them. (We do try to make it accurate!) Because of that, the other volunteers and I have decided not to change the mistake for this year.
FOR THIS YEAR ONLY, both temporary and permanent accounts can nominate pieces. Next year things will go back to how they were, where only permanent accounts can nominate fics.
If you have any questions about this change, please don't hesitate to ask!
Elen sila lumenn omentielvo,
Marta
(MEFA Admin.)